There’s a Magpie in My Soup

This
is a book of nonsense and anticipation that children will enjoy, filled with
Australian animals in unexpected places such as a snake in a cake and a
cockatoo in a loo.

The
format for the book is two full spread pages, with the initial page introducing
the animal and object and the following page a reaction between animal and
object. These pairs are separated by an individual full spread page of text and
illustration.

There
are delightful rhyming phrases that children will enjoy repeating and I can
imagine action accompanying the text.

The
illustrative style of wash and quick, expressive pen work delightfully adds to
the mischievousness of the text.